A new supercar was recently revealed Genty Automobile and it true to its boastful teasers, the car, called the Akylone, is promising a whole lot of performance capabilities.
Whether it lives up to its promise or not is still a matter of conjecture.
Genty Automobile
is an independent French design company that seeks to produce high
performance vehicles that go back to the basics of optimum power encased
in a lightweight design. Their first offering is the Akylone, a
supercar Genty is claiming to be a serious threat in the industry’s
uber-competitive "supercar arms-race".
Despite being
officially revealed, the Akylone appears to still be far from a finished
product, which is a real bummer considering that we were expecting much
more than just CAD renderings.
Nevertheless, new
supercars are always worth their time on these pages, and it’s going to
be very interesting how Genty follows up their official unveiling of the
Akylone. Hopefully, we’ll get to see a live one up close real soon.
Updated 10/18/2011:
This review has been updated with the official details, specs and
images. Find out more about the Genty Akylone after the jump.
INTERIOR
Design-wise, the Akylone looks and resembles what you’d
expect from a start-up supercar. It comes plush with expensive materials
- carbon fiber and aluminum, among them - to go with a swooping front
fascia, a steeply raked roofline, a pair of scissor doors, an enormous
rear diffuser, and all the bells and whistles - like LED daytime running
lights - of a concept supercar.
Meanwhile, the
interior of the Akylone doesn’t appear to be finished yet, although you
could make out a few elements that you’d expect to be in the final
version, including the sports seats, an elaborate infotainment system,
and a wide center console.
ENGINE
The Akylone is powered by a 4.8-liter V8 engine
that produces in excess of 1,000 horsepower and 940 lb/ft of torque
while being connected to a seven-speed sequential transmission.
The
numbers translate to the Akylone hitting
- 0-62 mph in just 2.7 seconds,
- 0-124 mph in 7.2 seconds,
- 0-183 mph in 14 seconds, a time that is 0.6 seconds faster than the current king of production cars, the Veyron Super Sport.
As
for top speed? Genty is looking at 220 mph, which is far from the
Veyron Super Sport’s 267-mph top speed, but still worth its weight in
supercar figures.
PRICING
No word yet on how much an Akylone will cost. Genty is targeting around
15 models being built in its factory in France with one set to be
displayed at the Paris Motor Show next year.
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